Show TUE WOOL MARKET hyill the present lull prove a benefit to utah if the present listlessness in the wool trade continues it may prove a benefit yet to the whole western which includes xetah of course it would seem impossible for the products of BO important a calling as chat of sheep and wool raising to be long subject to the whim and caprice 0 distant markets and manufactories manu factories it would seem as if wool could not accumulate at or near points of production without some suggestion of local manufacture or if manufacturing without vit hout extension of so desirable a however necessary it may lupear or desirable to mix wools of dill crent localities in the production of fabrics there is surely grades of quality enough in every home clip to meet local demands which are contin and increasing and yet today partially or in a great measure supplied from the most distant points of manufacture and that blended with raw material from almost around ahe globe by private letter from oregon wo aro assured that all along the raver there are piled thousands of pounds of wool waiting for purchasers at even a moderate price while in the state of oregon there aio millions of pounds immovable for lack of market in utah this years crop is mainly in statu quo and some bay thai largo quantities of even last years clip remain in commission hands the market price not being considered oj buu producer all eastern reports would indicate that supplies are very meagre Bradstreet generally reliable reports anut on tho eastern seal oard old stocks are pretty much run out and that very liitle movement is apparent in this years alipy manufacturers are said to be still and these are given as ther trade dullness in tho article ot we 61 it is carious to note that nothing is now offered as to the depressing influence of legislation possible change in tariff seems to cut no figure in trade estimates sales in boston which are reported weekly claim only the sale of pounds aa against in the corros lending week of last year while june receipts in philadelphia were more than pounds less than for the same month last year what the cause which is behind this apathy it is evident that the wool men are being appear to bo at the mercy of combinations or there is something in the intricacies of demand and supply that the producer can in no way fathom it is doa lared that but one beuth of our utah output is retained for home use it may be difficult to reach a just estimate of this matter but if true it is time that depression or a panic woke up this boasting community to the demand for serious consideration our population increases rapidly and all have to be clade havo to endure the of winter and our inhabitants do not take kindly to cotton fabrics even in summer vant then would common sense to say nothing of enterprise suggest but that wo should make even gigantic efforts to supply our home demand it may be hot enough now md the sound of the word blanket jiam almost compel perspiration but wo shall need blankets woolen sheets insets flannels shawls hose shirts underwear and heavier ra brics before many days are past lind there is no good reason why miny fabrics of the character of mer inos cashmeres cash meres and even mb ed dress goods should not be made at home they may not have cincy which pertains to imported goods but like oregon goods of years igo and utah goods of today to day they would do good service in the family dc onomy and be more to conr credit than bringing in as we do immense quantities luan of these goods from afar ahen thousands of our population desire employment and our wool men think that the bottom is gone out of their occupation there is also another branch of business now of considerable magnitude into which wool mainly enters but which apo date jias been entirely and strangely overlooked we refer productions production 3 valid ingrains and h ree at not be made in factories one save that and private action which everlastingly is t genius enterprise dmd there never was a community so blest with counsel with knowledge with resources as conr own and probably there never was another where lesa practical and results in these directions was achieved schooling and scourging appear even to be almost powerless in arousing effort to mhd supplying of our community wants every man almost is after the almighty dollar but ho wants it in his own way instead of in the divine way a way which would have given utah proud preeminence pre eminence instead of leaving her as she now is the football almost of designing men and the cinderella of the family of states and territories Z C M L advocate i |